Device for fastening belts.



J. R. GOLDEN.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING BELTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1908.

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JOHN R. GOLDEN, OF SPRING LAKE, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE non nnsrnn rne BELTS.

Application filed March 21, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Serial No. 422,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. G LDEN, citizen of the United States,residing at Spring Lake, in the county of Tazewell and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor l ferred to it will be seen that the ends of the extensions now lieupon the outer edge of @the plate E and thus placed the entire de-Fastening Belts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear,'and exact description of the invention, which ,will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a belt lacing, and pertains to a device forfastening the ends of a belt and replaces the leather lacing ordinarilyused for the purpose. It further pertains to a device by which the endsof a belt may be fastened and unfastened in a few moments time.

To the end that the invention may be understood I have provided theaccompanying drawing in which Figure l is a plan of a portion of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan of another portion. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal section of the ends of a belt and my device in connectiontherewith showing one of the parts in section. Fig. 4 is a similar viewwith the parts in position for either engaging or releasing the belt.

Letters of reference correspond in the drawing and specification.

A and B indicate two plate sections connected after the manner of ahinge as shown at C, their edges parallel to the hinge being eachprovided with a series of lugs or extensions D which are turned up fromthe plane of the plates as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, their immediate endslying substantially parallel to the said plane. E is a plate ofsubstantially the same size as the completed hinged portions justdescribed, and is provided with a series of holes F corresponding innumber and position to the extensions D.

The belt is indicated in the last three figures by the reference letterGr both its ends being likewise provided with holes H to correspond withthe holes F of the plate.

In placing the device upon the belt the ends of the belt are broughttogether upon which is placed the plate E with the holes F and Hregistering. The hinged members A B are then partially collapsed so asto bring their extensions D opposite the holes into which they areinserted, then, by pushing the hinge C toward the belt E the extensionsare carried beyond the holes and above'and upon the said plate E asshown in Fig. 3, said hinge E entering between the ends of the belt outof the way.

In the position shown in the figures revice and belt are prevented frombecoming separated. The hinged portion A B is preferably placed on theinner side of the belt and consequently runs upon the belt wheel orpulley. The device is sufficiently narrow to pass around the pulley andcan slightly bend or flex in so doing. The strain or pull of the beltwill be upon the extensions D, the pull from these being upon the plateE there being a pull also upon the pin of the hinge although this willbe slight as compared to that put upon the extensions by reason of themore direct pull upon the latter, but this will be understood.

In removing the device from the belt the ends of the latter are tippedat an angle with respect to one another, substantially as shown in Fig.4, at the same time drawing the hinge C away from the plate F. Thisoperation brings the holes F and H into register and provides forpermitting the series of extensions to approach each other or to shortenthe distance between them to such an extent as to permit them to readilyfree themselves from the plate and belt.

A device of this character provides for quickly placing the belt in usewithout the heretofore tedious lacing operation. When it has becomenecessary to shorten the belt,

the ends may be separated almost instantly, the desired amount removed,new holes made in one of the ends and the device attached as before.Although I have shown the holes in the belt to be quite large or atleast as large as those in the plate these may be more slits, forinstance, about half as wide as those shown so that after the extensionsD have been released from the plate E the belt ends can be bent in sucha way as to carry them over the bends of such ext-ensions.

Such alterations as come within the'scope of the appended claims may bemade in my device as will suggest themselves from time to time withoutdeparting from the spirit and intent of the invention which, as alreadyintimated, is to provide a device that may be quickly attached anddetached while being perfectly safe and reliable.

1Having thus described my invention, I c aim:

1. A device'of the class described consistthereon adapted to passthrough the apertures of the belt and the member first described, andadapted for connecting the ends of the belt.

3. As an article of manufacture, a platemember having apertures in twoopposite edges thereof, a second member comprising two hinged portionswhose free edgesparallel to the axis of the hinges are provided withextensions permanently struck up from the plane of the portions andwhich project upwardly and outwardly substantially as shown for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. GOLDEN.

Witnesses:

F. H. FRANZLAN, F. D. RANKIN.

